Chapter 270

Third Person's POV

The man had already taken down several of Valerius's pack brothers. Were it not for his opportunistic strike in the masquerade, seizing Cerys, he would have already met the Shadowscourge Alpha's wrath-or worse, the cold embrace of the sea below.

Valerius's eyes, black and fathomless like a midnight river, radiated a predatory chill that left no doubt: any misstep, any hesitation